Tang Hao: Daughter, You Are My Daughter

Out of caution, Tang San did not accept Su Yuntao's invitation.

She still did not know what kind of organization Spirit Hall was, whether it was righteous or not. Besides, she only wanted to stay by Senior Brother Li Yue's side.

After the martial soul awakening ceremony ended, Li Yue and Tang San each returned home.

Filled with excitement, Tang San pushed open the shabby wooden door of her home, wanting to tell her father the good news.

Inside, Tang Hao sat at the table with a dispirited expression, drinking. He had always been like this, muddled and lost.

Ah Yin's death had dealt him too severe a blow, and there was no hope in sight for avenging her.

Even though Tang San was a genius at forging, it had not changed him. He had merely decided to teach his daughter the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Seeing his daughter return, Tang Hao set down his bowl of wine and looked up at Tang San. His gaze fell upon the fire poker in her hand.

"Little San, your martial soul awakened?" Tang Hao looked at the fire poker in Tang San's hand, his expression turning ugly. "What is this? A fire poker?"

He was deeply disappointed, and anger rose within him as well. A descendant of the mighty Clear Sky Sect had failed to awaken even the Clear Sky Hammer. How could he, the once-renowned Clear Sky Douluo, possibly accept that?

But it was not so bad, really. Tang Hao had never held much hope for Tang San. Even if she had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, so what? Had he not still failed to protect the person he loved most? By that measure, he too was useless.

A great useless man had merely given birth to a little useless girl.

Seeing that her father's expression was wrong, Tang San lowered her head and softly said, "Dad, this is my martial soul."

Tang Hao showed no reaction. His raised head lowered again as he looked at his wine bowl and fiercely took a gulp. The cheap liquor could numb the pain in his heart.

Just then, Tang San added, "But, Dad, my Innate Soul Power is full."

Tang Hao's drinking motion abruptly stopped. He seemed not to have processed it at first, but once he did, his eyes widened at once as he stared at Tang San in disbelief. "What did you say? Innate Full Soul Power?"

His voice trembled slightly with excitement. He had never expected his daughter to awaken Innate Full Soul Power. That was talent greater than his own.

Tang San looked at her father and nodded firmly. "It is indeed Innate Full Soul Power."

Crack—

The wine bowl shattered in his grip from excitement.

Tang Hao instantly rushed before Tang San, tightly gripping her shoulders with both hands. Excited tears glimmered in his eyes. "Daughter, you are my daughter, the daughter Ah Yin and I had together!"

His voice choked with emotion, his heart filled with countless feelings. He had thought his daughter had awakened a useless martial soul, yet fate had played a joke on him.

Not only was it not a useless martial soul, it was a powerful one with Innate Full Soul Power.

It gave him hope. The daughter he and Ah Yin had brought into the world possessed talent greater than his own. Perhaps she could defeat their enemy.

But when he thought of Bibi Dong's terrifying Twin Martial Souls, it was as though a basin of cold water had been poured over Tang Hao's heart. So what if she had the potential to become a Douluo? Could she possibly defeat Twin Martial Souls?

Tang Hao's spirits sank. His heart, which had been boiling with excitement moments ago, cooled and no longer pounded wildly. He merely said calmly, "Little San, do not waste that Innate Full Soul Power. Cultivate properly, then find a good man to marry. That Li Yue is quite good."

"Dad." Tang San did not understand why her father had suddenly become so excited, only to calm down again so quickly.

She had no thoughts whatsoever about marriage. In this life, she only wanted to remain by Senior Brother Li Yue's side.

Hearing her father mention Li Yue, she also told him about Li Yue's awakened martial soul. "Brother Yue is very impressive too. He awakened Blue Silver Grass, and he has Innate Level Eight Soul Power."

"Blue Silver Grass, Blue Silver Grass..." Tang Hao muttered. And with Innate Level Eight Soul Power too—could he be the inheritor of the Blue Silver Emperor?

Perhaps Ah Yin's death had caused the next Blue Silver Emperor to be born.

And were not his daughter and Li Yue just like Ah Yin and himself back then?

Was history about to repeat itself?

Yet neither his daughter nor Li Yue were transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Though he could not defeat their enemy, protecting the two little ones would not be a problem.

Chaotic thoughts spread through Tang Hao's mind. After a long while, he slowly said, "In the future, use your stick to protect Little Yue's grass."

"Little San, come here." Tang Hao walked into the forging room and beckoned his daughter over. His daughter's current strength could not protect anyone.

"I'm coming." Tang San walked over to her father's side, not knowing what he intended to do.

Tang Hao looked at his daughter, hoping she would surpass him and protect those she wished to protect. "Starting today, I will teach you our family's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. You must learn it well."

At first, Tang San did not care much. She knew her father was merely a blacksmith from a small village. What powerful family hammer technique could he possibly possess?

But when she saw Tang Hao's movements, she immediately overturned her previous opinion. Her strength was not great now, but her eye for such things remained.

Perhaps her father was an expert who had hidden away in a small village because of some feud in the martial world. Wasn't that how the storybooks from her previous life always wrote it?

Tang Hao walked to the forging table, picked up a forging hammer, and began hammering the red-hot pig iron, demonstrating the movements of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Every swing carried immense force, as though a fierce tiger were pouncing.

The force traveled up from his calves to his thighs. His waist twisted as well, and finally the power reached his fingers, driving the forging hammer down like black lightning, as if it were tearing apart the air itself.

"The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer emphasizes control of rhythm and the stacking of strength. The force of every strike can be merged into the next. The power builds layer by layer, each hammer blow stronger than the last, until one finally unleashes a blow capable of destroying heaven and earth."

As Tang Hao demonstrated, he explained, telling his daughter that the secret of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer lay in the body's three hearts.

The muscles in the two calves were a person's second and third hearts.

Tang San watched her father demonstrate the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with rapt attention, silently memorizing every detail Tang Hao explained.

She thought that once she learned it, she would teach it to Senior Brother Li Yue. He was the most obsessed with things like martial arts manuals.

After watching it once, Tang San had formed some impressions in her mind and understood several key points. She then picked up the forging hammer and began imitating her father's movements.

At first, her movements were somewhat awkward.

But with the tough palms forged through Mysterious Jade Hand, along with the force-manipulation method of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, which could use four ounces to move a thousand pounds—

Before long, she was doing it with some skill, though she still could not stack her strength perfectly.